Psalm 56 King James Version
Be merciful unto me, O God:
for man would swallow me up;
he fighting daily oppresseth me.
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Mine enemies would daily swallow me up:
for they be many that fight against me,
O thou most High.
3
What time I am afraid,
I will trust in thee.
4
In God I will praise his word,
in God I have put my trust;
I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5
Every day they wrest my words:
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6
They gather themselves together,
they hide themselves,
they mark my steps,
when they wait for my soul.
7
Shall they escape by iniquity?
in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8
Thou tellest my wanderings:
put thou my tears into thy bottle:
are they not in thy book?
9
When I cry unto thee,
then shall mine enemies turn back:
this I know; for God is for me.
10
In God will I praise his word:
in the Lord will I praise his word.
11
In God have I put my trust:
I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12
Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render praises unto thee.
13
For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
And now - from 'The Mole' who writes for The First Post online:
Big Al [Alistair Campbell, who has recently appeared before the Chilcot Inquiry
on the Blair Government's entry into war against Iraq; and who has commented on
his blog] was surprised how many people sent him biblical passages even though
"they know I don't do God".
As he walked through the media gauntlet to reach his seat before the Chilcot
panel, and "listened to some of the overblown and agenda driven commentary", he
proclaimed himself glad to have read that morning Psalm 56, which had arrived by
email from one of his countless supporters... 'What can mortal man do to me?' it
asked 'All day long they twist my words, they are always plotting to harm me.
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, eager to take my life...'
"I never detected a death plot among the British media," writes Campbell, "but
the rest of it sums up the Westminster lobby to a tee."
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